...in a special sense. who do not be defined by words. because it is a puzzle of emotions. for me, it is more a film or a great experience. it is a precious gift. from Vincent van Gogh , because, in his memory, my father gives to me the name , for the hard and almost crazy work of admirable people to recreate a life, a style, a world, people from portraits and the air of a period. it is one films like a cure. because, at each new view, it is different. a story about the truth. a letter and the son of a good friend. words and researches and ways and few scenes full of magic realism. all does "Loving Vincent" not a film about van Gogh but a film about yourself. and not the applauses or the Oscar are the fair thanks for a huge, hard, impressive, moving, touching, almost irrational work. but only the tears. and the smile. and the return to his paintings. and the rhytm of a life. as part. of yours. it is a real , precious masterpiece. and you do not know/define why. because, maybe, it is the story of the Artist and people around him.and it is enough. for see it. again.

Vincent Van Gogh was a fine artist with a distinctive visual style. His personal life was also an interesting one and lends itself well to film.

'Loving Vincent' was an interesting film. It is an uneven and flawed film but it is also very beautiful, thoughtful and emotional, as well as having one of the most innovative visual styles of any film personally seen. It is very easy to see why a lot will like, and even love (like many have done here),'Loving Vincent'. Can also see why others may be frustrated by it, despite the visuals and emotional impact it is wanting biographically and while it didn't bother me at all the slow pace may test people.

Would have liked for 'Loving Vincent' to have focused more on his life, which is substantial and intriguing enough to fill a film, and less on the interesting and thought-provoking but fairly speculative and controversial conspiracy theories with artistic license that will frustrate purists and historians.

Most of the script is fine but runs out of steam a little too early, which makes the conclusion not quite as satisfying as it could have been (no matter how tear-jerking one feels after the film is over). Some of the rotoscopic technique doesn't quite gel.

On the other hand, 'Loving Vincent' is mostly visually stunning and stylistically it stands out in a unique way. The oil painting animation is so rich in detail and a feast for the eyes that it's enough to make the jaw drop, the distinctive psychological rawness of the painting style captivating. The black and white flashbacks are almost classic film film-noir-like, and are not just beautifully shot in their own way but they are handled and meshed very neatly. The music score is both haunting and soothing.

The script is mostly thought-provoking and intelligent, never stilted or rambling. The story is deliberate but the melancholic tone is genuinely poignant and offers a lot of insight, even if it could have been more focused. The characters intrigue and carry the story well and they are well performed, even by Douglas Booth who tends to leave me indifferent.

In short, really liked 'Loving Vincent' but it fell a little short of me loving it. 7/10 Bethany Cox

It's 1891, one year after the death of Vincent van Gogh. Armand Roulin is assigned by his postman father to hand deliver a recently found letter from Vincent to his brother Theo. Armand's quest leads him to connect with various Vincent acquaintances and question the validity of Vincent's supposed suicide.

This is purported to be hand-painted by 100 artists. It's very effective in evoking van Gogh's art. It's an amazing achievement and artistic triumph. The story suffers from one main drawback. This is a van Gogh biopict but it's told through other people's points of view. There is the standard questioning of the unreliable storytellers. There is also a lack of stakes. It's not like anybody is getting arrested for Vincent's murder by the postman's son. On top of that, the recall of these witnesses leads to black and white flashbacks. This robs the movie of van Gogh's need for intense colors. It robs the audience of Vincent. The movie would probably work better as a straight forward film of his last days from Vincent's point of view. It would be a better character study of Vincent who is the only person anybody cares about in this movie.